Barber-chair attachment.



T. G. AITKEN.

BARBER CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION mum MAY 19. 1009;

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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BARBER-CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

Application filed May 19, 1909. Serial No. 497,024.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAsG. Airman, a citizen of the United States,residing at Deming, in the county of Luna and Territory of New Mexico,have invented new and useful Improvements in Barber-Chair Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to barber chair attachments, and has for anobject to provide an attachment of this character which will consistbroadly of a tray which is adjustably connected with the back of thechair and provided at its center with a neck receiving portion throughwhich the neck of the customer whose hair is to be out can be disposedin order that the head will be located immediately above the traywhereby during the cutting operation of the hair it will be free to fallinto the tray thus obviating its having to be swept from the floor aswill be readily understood.

A still further object of my invention resides in the provision of asack or receptacle connected with the tray and arranged to re ceive thecut hair where it may be stored until a suflicient quantity has beendeposited therein, after which the sack may be removed and replaced byan empty one.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of theinvention is better set forth, and it will be understood that changeswithin the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

Inthe drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which likecharacters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the chair showing mypresent attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail 'top plan view ofthe'tray. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.Fig. a is a detail section taken through a portion of the tray showingthe manner of connecting thereto the neck band. Fig. 5 is a detailsection of a portion of the tray showing the manner of connecting thesack or receptacle thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is shown the backA of a barbers chair which in this instance has secured thereto aplurality of brackets or guides 1 in which a standard or shank 2 isadjustably mounted as shown. One of the brackets or guides carries a setscrew 3 arranged for frictional engagement with the standard or shank aswill be readily understood so that it can be held in its adjustedposition. A tray 4 is shown and comprises sections 5 and 6 which aredished upon their upper surfaces as shown. The sections 5 and 6 arehinged to each other as shown at 7 and one section carries a clasp orretaining element 8 adapted for engagement with the other section ofsaid tray so that the tray can be held in its operative position or intrue circular form as herein illustrated. The sections 5 and 6 areprovided with semi-circular recessed portions or passages 9 which aredisposed opposite to each other, and the walls of said recesses orpassages have extending therefrom a plurality of buttons or fasteningdevices 10. A neck band 11 is carried by the tray and may be connectedthereto in any suitable manner but in this instance the said band isshown as having formed therein a series of buttonholes through which theheads of the buttons 10 may be passed so that the said neck engagingband can be held in its operative position.

The sections5 and 6 of the tray are provided with passages 12, andadjacent to the said passages, and upon the under faces of the sectionsare disposed hooks 13 which receive eye members 14 carried by a sack orreceptacle 15 as illustrated. The sack or receptacle 15 thus has itsupper open end disposed immediately in line with the passages 12 formedin the sections 5 and 6 of the tray and the sack is normally locatedbehind the back A of the chair. The standard or shank 2 is provided atits upper end with a right angularly extending portion 16 secured in anysuitable manner to either of the sections 5 and 6.

In operation, whenit is desired to cut the hair of a person, thesections 5 and 6 of the tray are first disengaged from each other at theclasp end and the neck band 11 engaged with one of the sections, afterwhich the other section may be swung into its operative position asshown in Fig. 2 and the band 11 adjusted to entirely surround the neckas will be appreciated. In the operation of cutting hair it will be seenthat the hair will be free to fall when out upon the tray 4:, whereupon,the hair can be swept or otherwise deposited into the sack or receptacle15.

I claim 1. The combination with a chair of the class described, ofatraycomprising hingedly 4a A device or the class described com connectedneck encircling sections, said secprising a tray having a centrallylocated tions having dished upper surfaces, and a neck receivingpassage, and a receptacle reneck band removably engaged with the tray.novably connected with the tray, said tray 2. The combination with achair of the having a passage formed therein connnuniclass described, ofa neck encircling tray concating with the said receptacle. nected withthe chair for vertical adjust- In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturement. in presence of two witnesses. 3. A tray of the class describedcompris- THOMAS G AITKEN.

ing pivotally connected neck encircling seclVitnesses: tions, and areceptacle supported by said sec- SUSIE CONNOLLY, tions. C. W. 000K.

